The living representatives of this family are Mapudungun (ISO 639-3: arn) and Huilliche (ISO 639-3: huh), spoken respectively by the Mapuche and Huilliche people.
These are usually considered divergent dialects of a single language isolate.
Huilliche is the native language of a few thousand Chileans.
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kunza, Mochika, Uru-Chipaya, Arawak, Pano, Cholon-Hibito, and Kechua language families due to contact.
[2] Internal classification of Araucanian languages by Mason (1950):[3] Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[2] († = extinct) Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Mapuche (Araucanian) language varieties.